CineFilipino 2013 Film Festival - Feature-Length Film Category

New independent film festival CineFilipino
announced today the eight finalists for its Feature-Length Filmmakers
Section at Passion Restaurant in Maxims Hotel, Resorts World Manila. The
Festival spearheaded by PLDT-Smart Foundation, MediaQuest, Studio 5 and
Unitel Entertainment opened its doors to interested filmmakers last
August 2012 and attracted almost 150 entries from across the country.

The finalists each received a P1.5 million grant for their respective productions.

The festival, originally scheduled for June 26, has been moved to September to allow time for further preparation.

The top 3 feature-length films will each receive P500,000, P300,000, and
P200,000, and the 3 best short films from the 10 selected in this
category will be given P100,000, P75,000, and P50,000.

Here are the films for the Feature-Length Film category:

PUTI by Miguel 'Mike' Alcazaren

Mike Alcazaren is a freelance television
commercial director. He has won several Ad Congress awards and a First
Prize in the 2007 Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature. His film Puti
follows the story of a counterfeit painter who figures in a freak car
accident that rendered him color blind. While recuperating, he starts
seeing strange images.

MGA ALAALA NG TAG-ULAN by Ato Bautista

Ato Bautista is no rookie in the indie
circuit, having won acclaim and recognition for his films such as
Blackout (2007) and Carnivore (2008). For CineFilipino, Bautista
presentsMga Alaala ng Tagulan, , a coming-of-age love story
about a young man’s first encounter with love, romance, and heartbreak,
told in bits and pieces of poetic and melancholic memories that began on
one rainy night.

THE GUERILLA IS A POET by Sari Raissa Dalena and Kiri Dalena

With Guerilla Is A Poet, the
sibling duo of Sari and Kiri Dalena weaves an intricate tale of an
activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his
capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that
followed, leading to his birth as a poet.

ANG HULING CHA-CHA NI ANITA by Sigrid Andrea Bernardo

Sigrid Bernardo's Ang Huling Cha-Cha Ni Anita
tells the story of a 12-year old Anita who falls in love with the new
woman in town; years later, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta
of Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan.

THE MUSES by Janice Perez

Janice Perez’s directorial debut Sabongero
(2009) was screened at the short film corner at the 2009 Festival de
Cannes. She also directs and writes for commercial projects here and
abroad. Her entry for CineFilipino is entitled The Muses, a
story of sibling rivalry in the music business where two sisters find
the hidden truths about fame, family and their own selves.

ANG KWENTO NI MABUTI by Ramon 'Mes' De Guzman

Mes de Guzman is an independent film director and scriptwriter who have won several Palanca awards for scriptwriting. His film Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti
tells the story of a healer named Mabuti, who despite her poverty,
still looks at life positively. Everything changes, however, when she
finds a bag containing a huge stash of money.

Ron Bryant is one the fortunate ones who
have had chance to work with the late Celso Ad Castillo. Back in 2009,
he made his first full length documentaryThe Cinema of Celso Ad Castillo as an ode to the great director. His CineFilipino entry Bingoleras is
a comedy about six single women, whose lives intersect when a bingo
marathon is launched in their church for the barangay fiesta, turning
expectations and relationships upside down and inside out.

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